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He described it as a “brilliant afternoon” but Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had a few nervy moments before his side finished off Fulham to return to the top of the Premier League. The Reds won 2-1 at Fulham courtesy of substitute James Milner’s late penalty to move two points clear of Manchester City, which has…… MORE

It summed up her stellar season. Another race. Another win. The unstoppable Mikaela Shiffrin has been scintillating all winter, and she put the gloss on a remarkable campaign with victory in her last race at the World Cup finals in Andorra to push her record 17 wins in a season. The American cemented her status…… MORE

He started behind world champion Lewis Hamilton on the grid but Valtteri Bottas roared off the start to dominate the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The flying Finn raced past Mercedes team-mate Hamilton on pole and led into the first corner before stretching away to win by more than 20 seconds around the Albert…… MORE

The rain sluiced down but the Cardiff crowd was unshrinking and the Welsh players irrepressible as they trounced defending champion Ireland to secure the Six Nations title and a Grand Slam season clean sweep of northern hemisphere international rugby. Welsh triumphed 25-7 in a pulsating atmosphere at the Millennium Stadium to clinch its first title…… MORE

She’s ski racing’s undoubted new queen, but Mikaela Shiffrin finished the slalom season in regal fashion with victory in the final race in Andorra. The 24-year-old clinched her 16th win of a record-breaking season Saturday to take her tally to 59 World Cup titles overall. The victory was also her 40th slalom win to equal…… MORE

Get ready for a lot of bracket smack talk. March Madness is finally here. It’s the time of year when NCAA Division I men’s basketball gets to shine in a single-elimination tournament in seven rounds — all for the chance to compete in the big national championship. Here’s everything you need to know to stay…… MORE

The NFL suspended Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt on Friday for the first eight regular-season games without pay for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, stemming from physical altercations at his Cleveland residence in February 2018 and at a resort in Ohio in June. The NFL announcement said that Hunt advised the league office…… MORE

New Zealand rugby star Sonny Bill Williams has paid an emotional tribute to the scores of people killed in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday, writing that his “heart is hurting.” New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that 49 people were killed in “terrorist attacks”, with more than 40 seriously injured. The…… MORE

Members of the Bangladesh cricket team narrowly avoided the terror attacks in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, which killed at least 49 people. The team, on tour in the country, arrived for Friday prayers at the Deans Avenue mosque near the Hagley Oval cricket ground as the attack was unfolding. Mohammed Isam, Bangladesh correspondent…… MORE